Overview

• Top-ranked Scottie Scheffler, the +275 favorite who has won three of his last four starts, tees off at 1:25 p.m. EDT alongside Collin Morikawa and Viktor Hovland.
• Oakmont Country Club’s par-70 layout features five-inch rough, sloped fast greens and treacherous bunkers that demand precision off the tee and around the greens.
• Defending champion Bryson DeChambeau seeks to become the first back-to-back U.S. Open winner since Brooks Koepka, while Phil Mickelson aims to complete a career Grand Slam.
• Rory McIlroy arrives fresh off his Masters win yet has struggled with driver accuracy and is counting on patience to post solid scores.
• Other top contenders such as Xander Schauffele and Jon Rahm round out a full 156-player field expected to record over-par totals under Oakmont’s brutal conditions.